Travel to New Jersey

Travel by rail

Rail services to Manhattan are available at Newark Liberty International Airport Station and Newark Penn Station (see above). Newark Liberty Airport Express runs frequent bus services to Midtown Manhattan, stopping at the Port Authority Bus Terminal and Grand Central Station Terminal (both of which are also served by New York Airport Service express buses running to JFK and La Guardia airports - see New York section) and Penn Station (journey time - 30 to 60 minutes). NJ Transit buses from Newark arrive at the Port Authority Terminal in Manhattan. Shared minibuses that stop on demand are run by SuperShuttle Manhattan, which stops anywhere south of 227th Street (24 hours), and also serves the area between 23rd and 63rd Streets Gray Line Air Shuttles run from Newark to Manhattan.

Penn Station in Newark serves NJ Transit trains as well as most Amtrak (tel: 1 800 872 7245, in the USA only; website: www.amtrak.com) services along the New York-Philadelphia-Washington corridor, including high-speed Acela Express trains. For train times on these routes, see the New York section; trains from Newark to New York take 15 to 20 minutes. Trains between Atlantic City and Philadelphia are operated by NJ Transit and Amtrak.